Level Up in Martial World

Chapter 267: Zhang Ming

"I need to deliver this news quickly to the leader, or there might be big trouble," Zhang Ming thought with a terrified expression on his face as he walked through the hallways.

His heart gripped more the further he thought about the situation, filling him with terror.

"Who are you, and what are you doing here?" Suddenly, a handsome youth with a bulky frame appeared right in front of him.

"Ahh." Zhang Ming screamed with fright as he fell to the floor. "Devil," he instinctively said while looking at the crimson blood-red eyes of Lu Zhen.

Causing Lu Zhen to frown.

"Who sent you here?" Lu Zhen said while casually patting the man.

Zhang Ming seemed to have gathered his own thoughts as he looked at the black-haired, crimson youth with a frightened expression.

Thud!

He fell down to the floor and bowed. "I am sorry, leader."

"I don't mind," Lu Zhen casually shook his head with a shrug on his face; he couldn't care less about what a bug thought of himself; he was completely irrelevant to him already.

Causing Zhang Ming to sigh of relief. However, that didn't last long, as the next sentence of Lu Zhen made him widen his eyes, with his body trembling with terror.

"So how dare you come to my palace? If you don't give me a valid reason…" Lu Zhen just smiled at him.

"Young master, there is urgent news that the elder seemed to have discovered something," Zhang Ming said hurriedly.

"Hmm?" Lu Zhen's frown deepened. "What is the news?"

"That… I don't know," Zhang Ming said with an embarrassed expression.

Lu Zhen deeply looked at the man before saying expressionlessly.

"Lead the way."

"Yes, young master." Zhang Ming's face brightened as he walked away with Lu Zhen following behind him.

In the palace door of Lu Zhen, the two guards who were guarding the door tentatively looked at the palace door with a mixture of terror and trepidation.

As the footsteps were heard from the inside, their heartbeats quickened.

Creak!

The huge door opened, causing their entire hearts to beat faster than ever. With horror-filled eyes, they immediately bowed towards him.

"We are sorry, young master," they simultaneously said while immediately bowing.

Lu Zhen just nodded his head while looking at the two guards.

"By which elder did you hear this news?" he suddenly looked at Zhang Ming with a frown on his face.

"Young master, it is from Elder Li Jiao," Zhang Ming said while bowing to him.

"Oh." Lu Zhen's eyes lit up when he heard this. always-on-MvLeMpYr

"Then let's go," he walked without caring for the guards who still had their heads down.

Zhang Ming heaved a sigh of relief as he wiped the sweat from his head. "Thankfully."

Suddenly, Lu Zhen paused as he turned around, seeing the bowing guards. "You can do your duties; I don't care," as he left casually.

"Thank you, thank you, young master," the guard said with relieved expressions as they kowtowed in his direction nine times and resumed their work again.

Lu Zhen was led by Zhang Ming to another palace of the Lu residence with a smile on his face.

He still remembered the milf he had initially met to get the intel on the bandit's den when helping the twins.

Although some things went south, the information given by Li Jiao was still valuable to him, and he could turn her into a useful subordinate as well.

However, there was something that made him more concerned about these things. He had assigned the other elders to extract as much information as possible from the masked man he had encountered after killing Lu Yuan. This was his main concern right now, and he hadn't killed the man for these reasons as well.

After all, although Lu Zhen knew that the army was marching towards them, he didn't know where and when, and he could extract valuable information from the cloaked figure about the entire organization and such things.

Information was strength in war!

Fighting without knowing what you are fighting is like fighting with your eyes closed. You will lose the war without even fighting by at least 50% if you blindly fight the enemy.

Lu Zhen was sure the group that was launching an army towards them already knew the general strength of the entire Phoenix City. Why else would they risk the chance to do so?

Thinking of this, Lu Zhen sighed as he was guided to a pink palace that was entirely decorated with pink.

Lu Zhen inhaled, and immediately the scent of various women assaulted his nose.

"This…" he thought with a frown.

Zhang Ming's face was already blushing; however, he hurriedly shook his head and woke up from his trance with terrified eyes.

"I am sorry, young master; Elder Li Jiao's palace is always like this," Zhang Ming said with a forced smile.

Lu Zhen just chuckled with amusement.

"Let's go inside."

Suddenly, Zhang Ming paused with a bitter expression. "Young master, you know that men are not allowed to enter the palace, especially people with my status," he sighed.

"Oh," Lu Zhen nodded his head and walked into the palace, greeted by two beautiful women who were guarding the entrance.

However, they didn't have any arrogant expressions as they immediately bowed upon seeing him.

"We greet the young master," they said in unison.

Zhang Ming, who was peeking at this, couldn't help but sigh and shake his head. "The world is quite an unfair place." He turned around and left the area with bitterness.

If it were him, the situation would have been different, even if he did jobs for the elder. However, these two female guards always looked at him with disgust and mockery in their eyes.

One day, his intrusive thoughts won over his rational thoughts as Zhang Ming challenged the guard, only to be clapped hard, being bruised and beaten to near death. He almost died in the process if not for the help of Elder Jiao.

The world was a cruel place, and sadly, he wasn't the one who could go around looking for trouble without any repercussions.